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Azercosmos

Azercosmos is Azerbaijan's national space agency and a public legal entity under Azerbaijan Transport and Communication Holding, with space-agency status granted in 2021.^[1]^[2] Its Earth observation history centres on Azersky, the former SPOT-7 high-resolution optical satellite acquired in orbit in 2014 and operated under the Azersky name.^[3]^[4] Azercosmos also distributed SPOT-6/7 imagery for the Caucasus and CIS region.^[4] Communications with Azersky were lost on 17 March 2023, with a power-related failure suspected, so its EO operating history should be treated as past rather than current capacity.^[5] A $120 million two-satellite high-resolution optical successor contract exists, with no confirmed delivery date.^[6]

Operates

AzerskyEnded
Launched 2014-06-30 / Sun-synchronous, about 642 x 659 km, 98.26 deg / 60 km swath

Sources

[1]IAF: Azercosmos Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijancommunity2026-06-20
[2]Azercosmos - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
[3]Airbus Sells In-orbit Spot 7 to Azerbaijan - SpaceNewsthird party2026-06-20
[4]SPOT-6 and SPOT-7 (Azersky) - eoPortalcommunity2026-06-20
[5]Azersky satellite failure confirmed - Seradatathird party2026-06-20
[6]Azerbaijan IAI successor selection - Space Intel Reportthird party2026-06-20
[7]Azersky - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20
[8]Azercosmos 2024 Annual Reportagency doc2026-10-19

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:azercosmos,
  title = {Azercosmos},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/azercosmos}
}